Transportation
The increasing shift to electric and autonomous vehicles, multimodal transportation, and transportation-as-a-service business models—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of transportation.
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/denver-city-council-eyes-changes-to-1007013/
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Last week, Denver City Councilmembers Amanda Sawyer, Diana Romero Campbell and Paul Kashmann announced a proposed amendment to the Denver Zoning Code to prohibit new gas stations within a quarter mile from light rail stations and other existing gas stations (Bill 24-0645). The proposal is being promoted as both a housing and climate measure aimed at making more room for housing, increasing walkability and moving away from car-dependent infrastructure.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/10/16/envirospark-rangewater-partnership-ev-charging.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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Atlanta-based EnviroSpark has added more local apartment communities to its push toward building more robust and accessible infrastructure across the country for electric-vehicle charging.EnviroSpark designs, builds and operates EV charging ports. The company is already in long-term deals with...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-auto-theft-announcement-1.7038716?cmp=rss
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The Ontario government is spending $18 million over the next three years to fund projects intended to fight auto theft, Premier Doug Ford announced Friday morning. The money will come through a preventing auto thefts grant, according to a news release accompanying the announcement. Through the...
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/apple-cancels-electric-car-project-titan/
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Apple is scuttling its secretive, long-running project to build an autonomous electric car, according to Bloomberg. The company has already started laying off some people who worked on the project, TechCrunch has learned. The scope of the layoffs could not immediately be determined. Many of the nearly 2,000 employees who were still working on the project will be shifted to Apple's generative AI projects, Bloomberg reported.
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https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2023/12/airlines-see-brighter-outlook-in-2024/
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However, net profitability at the global level is expected to be well below the cost of capital in both years. Very significant regional variations in financial performance remain. The airline industry's net profits are expected to reach USD25.7 billion in 2024 (2.net profit margin). That will be a slight improvement over 2023, which is expected to show a USD23.3 billion net profit (2.net profit margin).
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https://www.goodreturns.in/news/indian-aviation-watchdog-dgca-requires-go-first-to-submit-comprehensive-revival-plan-in-30-days-1284410.html
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The watchdog of Indian aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed crisis-hit Go First to present a detailed plan for the revival of its operations, according to a source familiar with the matter. Go First, the budget carrier currently undergoing a voluntary insolvency resolution process, ceased its flight operations on May On May 24, the DGCA issued advice to the airline, urging them to submit a comprehensive restructuring plan within a 30-day timeframe.
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https://www.designboom.com/architecture/heatherwick-studio-xian-china-shopping-district-ceramic-11-17-2023/
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a New Shopping District is taking shape in Xi'an, china Heatherwick Studio has announced its latest endeavor in China with a new shopping district planned to transform the city of Xi'an. The proposal will be developed in collaboration with CR Land, and has been designed with the goal of...
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https://www.weirdworm.com/choosing-best-ev-charging-cable/
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Electric vehicle (EV) sales have skyrocketed in the first six months of 2023. This has taken the estimated electric vehicle use to about 130,000 in Australia. Included in this estimate are 21,000 hybrids. If you've opted to make the switch between your petrol car to a more environmentally friendly electric vehicle, you're going to need a quality and durable charging cable.
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https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/from-deer-to-donkeys-the-animal-culprits-delaying-uk-train-journeys-74880/
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New figures from Network Rail have revealed the worst culprits for trespassing on the railways, after humans that is. The information released by Network Rail reveals that animals trespassed 1,432 times in the 12 months to April 2024, ranging from deer at one end of the scale to bees, a donkey, mice, hedgehogs and even a now well-known tortoise.
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https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/mahindra-and-nxp-signs-mou-to-drive-next-generation-smart-electric-mobility/
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Mahindra intends to explore NXP's extensive portfolio, innovative automotive system solutions, and expertise in zonal and domain controllers, electrification, advanced vehicle networks, and secure car access technologies for their upcoming platformsMahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a leader in...
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https://promote.news/press-releases-news/levc-unveils-new-pure-electric-vehicle-platform-technology/
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Ansty, 0001hrs May 2023 - LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) begins a momentous new chapter in its history today, setting its direction for the next decade and beyond. The launch of its innovative new pure electric vehicle technology will provide the foundation of its transformation from a high-end taxi manufacturer, to a leading provider of e-mobility solutions.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2024/09/06/why-public-ev-chargers-almost-never-work-as-fast-as-promised/
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Kyle Stock | Bloomberg News (TNS)For EV drivers traversing the great state of Wyoming, the Smith's grocery store in Rock Springs is an oasis. It's just off I-80, there's a Petco across the street, and it has six plugs promising to charge at 350 kilowatts. At that rate, a Tesla Model 3 could go...
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https://builtin.com/articles/top-companies-in-france
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France is one of Europe's strongest economies and boasts a large and affluent consumer base. Its manufacturing, aerospace and textiles industries comprise a large part of the national GDP, but emerging sectors also present new growth opportunities.
National leaders are becoming increasingly...
National leaders are becoming increasingly...
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https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/782241-how-worlds-largest-peer-peer-car-sharing-service-went-carbon-neutral
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Home News Technology. With a fleet of more than 330,000 vehicles, 3.1 million active guests, and availability in more than 11,000+ cities across the U.S., Canada, U.K., France and Australia (as of March 31, 2023), Turo has become an industry disruptor in the peer-to-peer car sharing space, offering a modern alternative to traditional car rental agencies.
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https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/142536-ebaa-backs-dassault-aviation-in-eu-taxonomy-legal-challenge
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The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) will support legal action brought by Dassault Aviation against the European Commission's Delegated Act on EU Taxonomy. The legislation explicitly excludes business aviation while including commercial aviation, a decision the EBAA views as...
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https://www.designboom.com/art/hermes-shanghai-li-han-exhibition-window-display-urban-objects-06-09-2023/
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Hermès shanghai exhibits li han's 'scape of window objects' Hermès Shanghai taps architect Li Han, the Principal of Drawing Architecture Studio, to create a new summer window display for the Maison in Shanghai named 'Windowscape of Urban Objects' alongside the exhibition 'Life Models' on the...
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/bjp-manifesto-to-feature-bullet-trains/20240326.htm
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A source in the know said two-three of the seven bullet train corridors could be included as a practical election promise. Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes.. The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to include a promise of multiple high-speed rail (HSR) or bullet-train corridors in the coming five years as part of its election manifesto, sources aware of the matter told Business Standard.
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https://futurism.com/the-byte/waymo-san-francisco-vandalism-graffiti
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A tense scene. A viral video shows several people cornering a stopped Waymo robotaxi on the street and tagging it with graffiti, while a front seat passenger clutches a small beige poodle — a scene that's both comical and dystopian in its strangeness.And it's one of three incidents that occurred...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-transit-east-end-terminal-1.7249895?cmp=rss
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Plans are in the works for a new east-end transit terminal, moving the hub out of Tecumseh Mall to a nearby parcel, the city says. At a public information meeting Thursday night, members of the public were able to weigh in on the proposed designs. "It's a new transit terminal for buses, so it...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/15/half-million-school-buses-in-us-could-be-an-ev-powerhouse-feeding-grid.html
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The concept is considered a strong one given the fact that school buses are not in use during peak energy demand hours, for example, between 5 p.and 10 p.This allows the buses, and their owners, to execute an energy arbitrage trade: charging up for their core daily task of moving students when energy prices are lower, and feeding battery storage back onto the grid when utilities will pay more for it per kilowatt/hour.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/brian-kemp-ap-georgia-jon-ossoff-joe-biden-b2365142.html
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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden's electric vehicle policy, speaking Tuesday at the groundbreaking for a company that...
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https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/09/23/no-more-free-food-on-flights-this-european-airline-is-trialling-a-buy-on-board-programme
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This airline will no longer serve free meals on certain flights.
Whether you love or hate in-flight meals, there's no denying the jingle of the trolly breaks up the monotony of a long journey.But free snacks could be the next casualty of airlines' cost-cutting measures as another European...
Whether you love or hate in-flight meals, there's no denying the jingle of the trolly breaks up the monotony of a long journey.But free snacks could be the next casualty of airlines' cost-cutting measures as another European...